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Physical Layer Algorithms For Reliability And Spectral Efficiency In Wireless Communications, Zekeriyya Esat Ankarali

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Support of many different services, approximately 1000x increase of current data rates, ultra-reliability, low latency and energy/cost efficiency are among the demands from upcoming 5G standard. In order to meet them, researchers investigate various potential technologies involving different network layers and discuss their trade-offs for possible 5G scenarios. Waveform design is a critical part of these efforts and various alternatives have been heavily discussed over the last few years. Besides that, wireless technology is expected to be deployed in many critical applications including the ones involving with daily life activities, health-care and vehicular traffic. Therefore, security of wireless systems is …

Machine Learning And Adaptive Signal Processing Methods For Electrocardiography Applications, Calvin A. Perumalla

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is directed towards improving the state of art cardiac monitoring methods and automatic diagnosis of cardiac anomalies through modern engineering approaches such as adaptive signal processing, and machine learning methods. The dissertation will describe the invention and associated methods of a cardiac rhythm monitor dubbed the Integrated Vectorcardiogram (iVCG). In addition, novel machine learning approaches are discussed to improve diagnoses and prediction accuracy of cardiac diseases.

It is estimated that around 17 million people in the world die from cardiac related events each year. It has also been shown that many of such deaths can be …